Saint Joseph Freinademetz
Saint Joseph Freinademetz “I find myself completely alone in the midst of a completely non-Christian people. Finally I see fulfilled the ideal of which I had dreamed in my youth. Praised be to God! But what am I to do? How am I to organize things? Where am I to begin? O my God, you […]
The Sunday of the Word of God
The Sunday of the Word of God: Proclaimers of the Word! “We declare to you what we have seen” (1 Jn 1, 3) Our Founder, Saint Arnold Janssen, gave us an apt name for our Congregation – Society of the Divine Word and we cherish this name. OUR NAME IS OUR MISSION. This name is […]
World Day of the Poor
World Day of the Poor: “Do not turn your face away from anyone who is poor” (Tob 4:7) This, the seventh annual World Day of the Poor, is a fruitful sign of the Father’s mercy and a support for the lives of our communities. As its celebration becomes more and more rooted in the pastoral […]
Good Friday – Passion of Jesus and the world
About 2,800,000 people died in the world as a result of an invisible and highly lethal virus. What does this number mean? According to data from 2020, 13 countries in the world have a population of more than 2 and less than 3 million inhabitants. It is as if the population of an entire country […]
Anniversary of the Death of Blessed Hendrina Stenmanns – Mother Josepha
Anniversary of the Death of Blessed Hendrina Stenmanns – Mother Josepha Mother Josepha, co-foundress of the Missionary Servants of the Holy Spirit, died in 1903 after a long and painful illness. As she faced death, her attitude was one of faith and calm acceptance. She did not complain or lament. The closer she came to […]
Saint Joseph Freinademetz
Saint Joseph Freinademetz On 28 January, 1908, Fr. Joseph Freinademetz died in China. He was a victim of the typhus epidemic spreading at that time. When St. Arnold Janssen heard of his death, he wrote: “So then the good and zealous Fr. Freinademetz who made hundreds and thousands of sacrifices, great and small, for the […]
With St. Arnold, and the SSpS capitulars, immersed in the life of the Trinity!
With St. Arnold, and the SSpS capitulars, immersed in the life of the Trinity! The date of January 15, 2022 – the 113th anniversary of the death of St. Arnold Janssen – coincides with the beginning of the 15th General Chapter of the Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit in Ariccia, Italy. The evocative […]
Opening of the 15th SSpS General Chapter
Opening of the 15th SSpS General Chapter The Missionary Servants of the Holy Spirit are celebrating our 15th General Chapter. It is a very important event in the life of our Congregation, both for the sisters who participate in the chapter (face-to-face), and for the Sisters who accompany them with their prayers and through the […]